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Windows on the Past: Identifying, Dating, & Preserving Photographs  Diane VanSkiver Gagel. A useful guide to dating and caring for family photographic collections. This book opens with the identification and care of non-paper photographs such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes; and paper photographs such as carte de visites, cabinet cards, and other photographs including 20th Century photographs. Preservation through computer technology is covered. A chapter devoted to dating photographs through costumes and props is organized by decade. 2000, 95 pp., illus., bibl., paper, $17.00 #G1620

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This book is a great guide to preserving and dating old photographs for the family and local history researcher as well as the photograph collector. The author, Diane Gagel, is an expert on this subject due to her long experience as an archivist and family historian. The book is well organized, easy to read, and uses illustrations to show and tell. This book also lists sources for materials as well as more publications for further reference. Must have for anyone who wants to preserve a photo collection.